Make Data-Driven Decisions with NQDC Plan Trends
How can you feel confident that your nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plan supports your executive benefit strategy, mitigates risk, and streamlines administration?
Key takeaways from plan sponsors
88%
found NQDC plans to be effective support for longer-term financial wellness
92%
valued specialized NQDC providers
49%
said they used corporate-owned life insurance (COLI) as the primary financing vehicle to informally fund their NQDC plans
Turn insights into actionable strategies that strengthen plan design and executive benefits outcomes. Ideas from our NQDC experts can help you provide a plan that supports your key employees’ financial wellness.
Ideas to optimize NQDC plans
Adopt scenario modeling tools (deferral, distribution, cash flow) to help participants visualize outcomes
Offer financial planning, credit counseling, and stress management services tied to deferral and distribution decisions
Align plan design with retention, executive compensation, and financial wellness objectives—not just participation
Research powered by two industry leaders
Newport, a leading provider of nonqualified deferred compensation solutions, and PLANSPONSOR teamed up for the fourth time to field the 2026 Newport/PLANSPONSOR NQDC Plan Trends Survey. More than 200 plan sponsors shared their perspective on 75+ questions. And because Newport and PLANSPONSOR are committed to supporting knowledge and understanding that helps plan sponsors, advisors, and participants, this research is available to you at no cost.
PLANSPONSOR is not affiliated with Newport Group, Inc., an Ascensus company, or its affiliates.
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